| Subject | English | Chinese |
| scient. | A human tells the machine what to do, when to do it and how it is done. | 人告诉机器做什么、什么时候做和怎样做。 |
| gen. | ask him what time it is | 问问他几点了 |
| gen. | Do you know what it is according to the lunar calendar? | 你知道那天是农历几号吗？ |
| gen. | for what it is worth | 不论真伪 |
| scient. | Gravity is what makes it so hard for rockets to hop off their pads and hit the moon. | 重力是使火箭很难从发射台射出飞达月球的原因。 |
| gen. | I think it is the best way to figure out what is causing this | 我觉得找到病因是最好的方法 |
| scient. | If a wheel is not true, it will shake or have what is called backlash. | 轮子如果装得不好就会发生抖动、即出现"游移" |
| house. | If it is too dark to see what you are doing, use a flashlight rather than pulling the fireworks closer to see the ignition point | 如果天太黑，你看不清楚自己在做什么，那就用一个手电筒照着，而不是把烟花移得很近,来找燃火点 |
| gen. | It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. | 应满足所得，但不能满足现状。 (J. Mackinggtosh 麦金托什) |
| publ.secur. | It is too early to speculate on what happen | 过早对发生之事进行揣测 |
| gen. | it weighs 100 lbs, or, what is the same thing, 45.4 kg | 它重 100 磅,或者,换句话说也一样,45,4 千克 |
| proj.manag. | Life is not a video game, a play by Euripides, a short story, a TV episode or movie. It's what you make of it | 人生不是电子游戏、不是欧里庇得斯的戏剧、也不是电视连续剧或电影。 你自己铸就自己的人生 |
| commer. | There is no need to introduce the world renowned Armani label, but what may be less known is that it is now a leading furniture designer | 世界著名的阿玛尼品牌已无须介绍，但鲜为人知的是它现在成了首屈一指的家具设计品牌 |
| gen. | This dress is just what I want. It's so amazing! It matches my necklace so well! | 这条裙子正是我喜欢的，太漂亮啦，跟我的项链也特别相配！ |
| gen. | this job is not so difficult but what we may try it | 这件工作没困难到我们不能试试的程度,用于 |
| gen. | what a good suggestion it is | 这是多么好的一个建议 |
| gen. | What color is the car? It's blue. | 那汽车是什么颜色的？它是蓝色的。 |
| scient. | What day is it today? | 今天星期几？ |
| gen. | What if there is any laundry damage? I wonder if your hotel has a policy on dealing with it | 万一有的衣服洗坏了，我想知道你们酒店是否有如何处理这方面问题的规定 |
| dentist. | What is it? | 我能为您做什么？您有什么事吗？ |
| dentist. | What kind of pain is it? | 它是哪种疼痛？ |
| gen. | what o'clock it is | 为人机敏 |
| gen. | what o'clock it is | 熟悉情况 |
| gen. | what o'clock it is | 样样都晓得 |
| gen. | What our country needs now is a stable political environment, because it is the foundation of developing our economy. | 我们的国家目前所需要的是一个稳定的政治环境，因为它是发展经济的基石。 |
| gen. | what time is it | 现在是什么时间 |
| gen. | what time is it by your watch | 你的表是什么时间了 |
| gen. | What's your seat number, sir? That will be three rows up on the right. It is the window seat | 先生，您的座位号是多少？再往前走三排，右边靠窗户的位置 |